Does anyone know how to fit a diopter correcting lens on a Leica M2?

[wizard]

For Andy and others with dealers not knowledgable of the products they sell (or rather not sell, given their lack of knowledge), here are the official Leica order numbers for all available M-correction lenses:

DIOPTER LEICA order no.

+0.5 14350
+1.0 14351
+1.5 14352
+2.0 14353
+3.0 14354
-0.5 14355
-1.0 14356
-1.5 14357
-2.0 14358
-3.0 14359

Price (in Europe) is 80 Euro per piece.

Cheers,

Andy

[leicacr]

(1) Leica makes the M correction lenses in whole increments from minus-3 to plus-3 diopters. A quick trip to the Leica website confirms this.

(2) I have an M correction lens that does NOT have rubber. The outer rim of the lens is serrated and there is a bit of brass showing through.

[andybarton]

Originally Posted by leicacr

(1) Leica makes the M correction lenses in whole increments from minus-3 to plus-3 diopters. A quick trip to the Leica website confirms this.

This is at odds with what Wizard has just posted. No wonder the dealers don't know what they can sell...

[leicacr]

(1) Leica makes M correction lenses in half-diopter increments from minus-3 to plus-3. A quick trip to the Leica website confirms this.

(2) I have an M correction lens that does not have rubber. The outer edge of the lens is serrated and there is a bit of brass showing through the black paint; this seldom happens with black rubber.

[wda]

John, definitely do not buy blind without trying one first. I bought one secondhand for my M3 some years ago. When it failed to keep pace with my changing eyesight I resorted to using my bifocal spectacle lens instead. It works that way with my M6 and other devices!

I also found that dealers only buy in against a firm order. Not the most satisfactory way of buying an attachment which needs to match your eyesight and the camera viewfinder optics.

David

[leicacr]

(Andy, I saw my typo and immediately added the other post.)

Sidelight on having to order without testing. . . I bought my correction lens at Central Camera in Chicago. They had a gauge--a metal plate holding all the diopter choices--which, I think, was supplied by Leica; it made ordering about 95% sure.